But I’m going to stick my head on the block and arouse anger by saying I’ll be glad to see it go.

Some years ago, I went in to ask if the pub would place a small flyer on their noticeboard advertising a harmless faith event. At this, the barman swore at me and said: “We don’t want that kind of thing in here.”

I remember the walls inside the pub were painted a horrible dark colour – perhaps even black – and something resembling a voodoo doll had been fixed above a doorway in a crucified position. An unpleasant occultic vibe seemed to fill the whole building.

While I’m certainly not against pubs, I don’t think we need that kind of thing in Bath . May it be pulled up at the root (Matthew 15:13).